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The Feelies, The Bongos, and Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets Golden Jubilee Band will headline The Hoboken Arts And Music Festival being held in Hoboken, NJ this Sunday. In addition to Patti Smith Group founding member Kaye, the Golden Jubilee Band members are Dennis Diken from The Smithereens, James Mastro from The Bongos, Fred Smith from Television, and musician-producer Dave Amels. Kaye has celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era box set in a few cities now; it would be nice to see Chicago added to the list.  

Five bands will perform this Sunday night at Montrose Saloon as part of the Friends With Words Volume 2 fundraising event being staged by YourWords STL. The non-profit organization offers writing workshops and tutoring to help marginalized middle and high school students express themselves creatively. Tickets range from $25 to $30.

The Rolling Stones have announced the release date of October 20 for Hackney Diamonds, their first studio album of new material in 18 years.

Phil Angotti and Instant Party will pay tribute to The Who from 7:30 to 10:30 this Friday night at the Reclaimed Bar on Chicago’s north side. I’m guessing ‘Instant Party’ is what Angotti is calling his fellow musicians for this particular gig since he’s been known to come up with one-off names in the past. At any rate, there’s sure to be a lot of maximum rhythm and blues.

The 24th Annual Woodstock Film Festival in New York opens tomorrow and runs through Sunday. The event will include a screening of The Zombies documentary Hung Up On A Dream at the Bearsville Theater on Friday with a special live acoustic performance by founding members Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent. The Zombies’ North American Different Game Tour will bring the band to Chicago for a concert at The Old Town School Of Folk Music on October 15.

 

Reeling 2023 - The 41st Chicago LGBTO+ International Film Festival kicked off last Thursday and will run through October 8 at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema at 2828 N. Clark Street and Chicago Filmmakers 1326 W. Hollywood Avenue. The Chicago Latino Film Festival is partnering with Reeling to co-present 10 Spanish-Language & Iberoamerican films.

Coast to coast Paisley Underground in 2024. Tickets go on sale this Friday for concerts by The Dream Syndicate at The Knitting Factory in New York City on January 20 and The Troubadour  in Los Angeles on January 27. Vicki Peterson from The Bangles and John Cowsill from The Cowsills will be special guests at each event. 

The Lemonheads, with special guest Kiwi Jr., will perform at SPACE in Evanston over the last weekend of 2023. Radio station WXRT has a presale going on tomorrow (9/27) from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm. In addition to a new year, the band will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Come On Feel The Lemonheads album. 

More news about Vicki and John. Action Skulls, the trio comprising Vickie Peterson from The Bangles, John Cowsill from The Cowsills, and actor-musician Billy Mumy, has a new album titled From A Running Horse coming out this Friday. The Bangles Facebook page recently posted a clip of Peterson, Cowsill, Mumy performing an acoustic take of the new song “Find The Good.”

 

The Heartland Songwriters Midwest Tour, featuring Steve Dawson, Adam Reichmann, John Wendland and Andy Ploof, opens in St. Louis tomorrow. Three more dates will follow, with the last being at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, IL on October 8.

The Chicago-based Congo Square Theatre Company, now in its 25th year, will wrap up its run of Inda Craig-Galván’s Welcome To Matteson this Sunday.

Peter Gabriel’s i/o The Tour will bring him to the United Center in Chicago at this Saturday. Gabriel has released videos for nine tracks from his latest album i/o this year, starting with “Panopticom” in January and more recently with “Love Can Heal” on August 31.

The Des Plaines Theatre in downtown Des Plaines directly across from the Metra station, will present the Pink Floyd tribute Echoes Of Pompeii this Thursday night.

The 41st Annual Chicago Music Awards ceremony will be hosted by Ramonski Luv and Lady Lunchabell and take place this Saturday at 7:30 pm at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. A VIP Red Carpet Arrival hosted by Dana Divine starts at 6:00 pm; general admission will be at 7:00 pm. The Harold Washington Cultural Center is located at 4701 S. King Drive.